Acrylic Panels, RGB LEDs, And Diffusers,

are used to create a kaleidoscope of colors and geometric shapes,

 the setting is inside of the McCormick House, at the Elmhurst Art Museum‘s contemporary art center and historic house designed by Mies van der Rohe, in collaboration with Iker Gil, Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero, photographs: John Faier and Peter Tsai, courtesy of Luftwerk,

 who are the Chicago-based art duo Luftwerk, who recently opened a site-specific exhibition titled Parallel Perspectives,  

 the McCormick House was designed with modularity in mind so that duplicates of the structure could be built in other locations,

 “Parallel Perspectives is a step in our own direction using his basic philosophies,” Luftwerk said in a statement, 

 “This exhibition combines ideas of Johannes Itten’s color theory and the basic concepts of the Bauhaus: with the geometry of a square as a prevalent form and playing with one-point perspective and 90-degree angles. It has given us an opportunity to elaborate on the ideas of Mies and develop them into our own shape and format.”

 Parallel Perspectives is on view at the McCormick House now through August 25, 2019, 


to see more of Luftwerk’s continued exploration of light and color, you can follow the duo on Instagram.